[etni] FW: not wanting to be a teacher


From: "Aviva Shapiro" <alshapirose@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: not wanting to be a teacher

To Lev,

I personally am insulted that you think this commercial would change
my mind about being a teacher.  I actually saw this commerical and if
anything it only makes me feel better about being a teacher.
There are unfortunately too many kids who come from violent homes
or whose parents neglect them and so on.. As a teacher MAYBE there
is a small chance that I can reach and help this kid. And as for the kid
in the commercial a teacher will understand him more after meeting his
horrible father and probably be able to be more understanding.

I have had my share of obnoxious , difficult , unpleasant etc.. parents
and it only makes me a more understanding teacher.

We are not in school  to teach subjects but to teach pupils (people!!)
maybe the  story below will say it better than I have.


The Lord Creating Teachers
While the Good Lord was creating teachers, He was into His sixth day of
overtime' when the angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of
fiddling around with this one."
And the Lord said, "Have you read the specs on this order?
She has to: stand above all her students, yet be on their level, be able
to do 180 other things not connected with the subject she teaches,
run on coffee, cokes, and leftovers, communicate vital knowledge to
thousands of students daily, and be right, have as much, and sometimes
more, time for her job as she does for herself, have a smile that can
endure everything from practical jokes to pay cuts, go on teaching
when parents question her every move and the administration doesn't
understand, and have six pairs of hands.
The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands...not
possible.
"It's not the hands that are causing me problems," said the Lord.
"It's the three pairs of eyes that teachers have to have."
"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel. The Lord nodded.
"One pair that can see a student for what he is and not what society
has labeled him.
Another pair must be in the back of her head, to see what she shouldn't,
but what she has to know. OF course, the ones here in front can look at
a child when he goofs up and reflect, 'I understand and I still believe in you."
without so much as uttering a word."
"Lord," said the angel, touching His sleeve gently, "Come to bed. Tomorrow"
"I can't," said the Lord. "I'm so close to creating something so close to
myself.
Already I have one who comes to work when she is too sick ...can still
teach a class when they don't want to learn...loves thousands of children
that are not her own...and all of this in both sexes. And wait until you see my
Special Ed teacher! She is truly special; she will never take anything her
students do for granted."
The angel circled the model of the teacher very slowly. "It's too soft,"
she sighed.
"But tough," said the Lord excitedly. "You cannot imagine what this
teacher can do or endure."
"Can she think?"
"Not only can she think, but she can reason and compromise."
Finally the angel bent over and ran her fingers across the cheek of the
teacher.
"There's a leak," she pronounced. "I told you that you were putting too
much into this model. You can't imagine the stress factor."
The Lord moved in for a closer look and gently lifted the drop of
moisture to His finger where it glistened and sparkled in the light.
"It's not a leak," He said. "It's a tear."
"A tear?" asked the angel. "What's it for?"
"It's for joy, sadness, disappointment, compassion, pain, loneliness, and
pride."
"You are a genius," said the angel.
The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there."
-Author Unknown

Isn't this what REAL teachers are all about..
Aviva

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